Is there a particular reason why people are so scared of squarespace? Seems fine? Probably less bedrock-ish than Google, but like I use namecheap, and they're fine, a priori it's not like I'd have...
Is there a particular reason why people are so scared of squarespace? Seems fine? Probably less bedrock-ish than Google, but like I use namecheap, and they're fine, a priori it's not like I'd have a particular preference between them and squarespace as brands.
Given no one has explained, I'm starting to think this is it. That, or just general distaste with Squarespace as a whole after working with it in the past. My own gripe is from an internship where...
Given no one has explained, I'm starting to think this is it. That, or just general distaste with Squarespace as a whole after working with it in the past.
My own gripe is from an internship where the owner had two companies with two sites, one on Squarespace and one on Wordpress. I don't know why, but for some reason the Squarespace site had limited formatting options and didn't allow italic text. It used images for stylistic italicized paragraphs until we migrated it to WP. I have no experience with it domain-side, but that interface was enough to turn me away from Squarespace as a whole.
That’s more of a theme and content issue and I’ve seen that sort of thing all over Wordpress websites from agencies. It’s a symptom of someone doing something quick. Squarespace is totally fine....
That’s more of a theme and content issue and I’ve seen that sort of thing all over Wordpress websites from agencies. It’s a symptom of someone doing something quick.
Squarespace is totally fine. So is Wordpress. One isn’t better than the other. One is open-source and the other requires less maintenance.
Yeah, I have 2 years left with my domain with Google so I'll see how it goes. It's just for homelab use so I don't even need to keep the same domain name.
Yeah, I have 2 years left with my domain with Google so I'll see how it goes. It's just for homelab use so I don't even need to keep the same domain name.
But Squarespace are smaller than Google, by a very long way. Anything you can say about Squarespace as a general criticism of corporations and their largeness is also true - almost certainly more...
But Squarespace are smaller than Google, by a very long way. Anything you can say about Squarespace as a general criticism of corporations and their largeness is also true - almost certainly more so - for Google.
Yeah. I think we've all been burned one too many times to feel optimistic about this kind of thing. You know companies like Squarespace don't just acquire something like Google Domains—probably at...
Yeah. I think we've all been burned one too many times to feel optimistic about this kind of thing. You know companies like Squarespace don't just acquire something like Google Domains—probably at a premium—because they don't want to make money...
Squarespace is a premium brand, or wants to be. People are planning on a significant price bump at renewal. Also, I think people who are Google shops are also just wtfing.
Squarespace is a premium brand, or wants to be. People are planning on a significant price bump at renewal.
Also, I think people who are Google shops are also just wtfing.
Google Support article & Squarespace FAQ I knew it was a risk registering domains with Google, but somehow still didn't expect this. Plus with Gandi being purchased recently, not sure where I'll...
I knew it was a risk registering domains with Google, but somehow still didn't expect this. Plus with Gandi being purchased recently, not sure where I'll end up.
I'm not super happy with NameCheap's API in general, so all of my NS records just point over to AWS Route53, which makes all the LetsEncrypt DNS-01 challenges a lot easier.
I'm not super happy with NameCheap's API in general, so all of my NS records just point over to AWS Route53, which makes all the LetsEncrypt DNS-01 challenges a lot easier.
I recently starting using Porkbun and the experience has been positive. They're technically a local business for me too so that's cool. Had been meaning to transfer my Google domains to them...
I recently starting using Porkbun and the experience has been positive. They're technically a local business for me too so that's cool.
Had been meaning to transfer my Google domains to them already, guess that schedule should be accelerated…
I personally vouch for porkbun too. Extremely competitive prices, easy to use interface. I've got maybe 6-8 domains with them and have never had an issue. Been with them for years at this point...
I personally vouch for porkbun too. Extremely competitive prices, easy to use interface. I've got maybe 6-8 domains with them and have never had an issue. Been with them for years at this point and most of my domains are still under $10 each. All domains that support WHOIS privacy get it for free, afaik, I know mine did. Also very easy to use with SSL/LetsEncrypt
+1 for porkbun. They seem to just work - don't upsell domains (as far as I can tell), and their UI is pretty straightforward and easy to to use in comparison to other domain registrars.
+1 for porkbun. They seem to just work - don't upsell domains (as far as I can tell), and their UI is pretty straightforward and easy to to use in comparison to other domain registrars.
This was the first I had heard of Gandi being bought. I wonder if that's why I got an email from them two days ago telling me they were ending the complementary email service. The email from...
This was the first I had heard of Gandi being bought.
I wonder if that's why I got an email from them two days ago telling me they were ending the complementary email service.
The email from Gandi.net
Dear customer,
For the past 20 years we have been dedicated to providing you with the best tools for managing your online presence. Our platform and offer have greatly evolved through continuous improvements and new features, without additional cost.
What hasn't changed over the last 20 years is our commitment to serving you, and we will continue doing that every day. As of this year, we will take another step forward by further improving the security of the platform to the highest standards, making it easier to manage your domain, and by introducing phone support to accompany you in the various stages of your online presence.
We remain committed to offering you the largest portfolio of TLDs, customized TLD-suggestions and best-in-class anycast-level primary DNS servers (https://www.dnsperf.com/). In addition, we will step up our effort to unburden you by introducing new managed features such as:
Advanced and easy-to-use account security,
Proactive notifications on changes and important events,
Better rights management,
Easier domain transfers with continuity of service,
New and improved Mailbox :
Increased storage for your mailbox (from 3GB to 10GB),
E-mail back-up and data center redundancy for enhanced disaster recovery,
Better anti-spam and anti-virus protection,
The ability to search your mails,
Stronger email server security.
We also need to inform you of the end of the GandiMail service included with your domain (please note that the GandiMail service will end on November 30th, 2023). You can seamlessly convert to our new Mailbox service. In addition, we will introduce updates to our pricing policy effective July 13th 2023 for all our existing services and the new Mailbox service (EUR USD TWD ).
Please visit our FAQ for more details regarding the management of your current mailboxes and how to convert them to the new and improved e-mail product.
Most of the questions are answered on our FAQ, However, if you still need our support, you can contact us at this address : supportnewmb-en@support.gandi.net
Thank you for your continued confidence and trust in Gandi.net.
I think this is a rather bold claim. Where is this quote from? They've been using Cloudflare DNS / Nameservers since end of September. I still have WHOIS privacy on all my domains with no sign of...
Not sure when that will happen but you can forget whois privacy after that transition happens.
I think this is a rather bold claim. Where is this quote from?
They've been using Cloudflare DNS / Nameservers since end of September. I still have WHOIS privacy on all my domains with no sign of it going anywhere.
I'm also not rabidly anti-Cloudflare either so I don't always buy into the FUD around them.
Yeah... I've registered several domains through Cloudflare and they all came with WHOIS privacy enabled by default. Not sure I entirely understand the concern here.
Yeah... I've registered several domains through Cloudflare and they all came with WHOIS privacy enabled by default. Not sure I entirely understand the concern here.
Oh that sucks, but I totally get it. My main email is tied to a 20+ year old domain that isn't uncommon, but is a mouthful to say out loud/give to people over the phone, but I've resisted getting...
Oh that sucks, but I totally get it. My main email is tied to a 20+ year old domain that isn't uncommon, but is a mouthful to say out loud/give to people over the phone, but I've resisted getting a new one for years since it's so interconnected with my online identity.
ARG
Augmented reality game? I had to google that one.
Edit: turns out I can't even copy from Google correctly; all of the results show alternate reality game, not augmented. My bad!
I've considered moving to Cloudflare, but they don't have support for the TLD for the domain I have on Google Domains yet. From what I've heard, it's good enough both price and functionality wise,...
I've considered moving to Cloudflare, but they don't have support for the TLD for the domain I have on Google Domains yet.
From what I've heard, it's good enough both price and functionality wise, and I use it for DNS anyway.
I guess I'm not surprised considering this is Google we're talking about, but I am disappointed. Their interface for managing all my domains was just super clean and easy to use. I don't have any...
I guess I'm not surprised considering this is Google we're talking about, but I am disappointed. Their interface for managing all my domains was just super clean and easy to use. I don't have any experience with squarespace, so it may be time to start looking around for where to transfer to.
Porkbun. I used to be a major supporter of Namecheap, but their support went drastically downhill over the years, to the point where when my account had a security incident and domains were...
Porkbun. I used to be a major supporter of Namecheap, but their support went drastically downhill over the years, to the point where when my account had a security incident and domains were fraudulently purchased under my account, I had to wait days and DM them on Twitter even to log into my account to manage my existing domains - let alone clean up the issues from the breach. The breach was my fault, but how they handled it - locking me out of my account and refusing to communicate with me about a security incident that I reported to them - was totally on them.
I had almost the same experience and progression. Namecheap until bad support experience -> Porkbun -> now I use CloudFlare for some domains because the DNS is there. Does anyone have a suggestion...
I had almost the same experience and progression. Namecheap until bad support experience -> Porkbun -> now I use CloudFlare for some domains because the DNS is there.
Does anyone have a suggestion for .st domains? I have been using Gandi and the price has crept up year after year.
I have no particular qualms with Namecheap really, but their UI was always frustrating for me. Managing domains, DNS, renewals - every time I just felt annoyed. I caved and moved to Hover. Maybe...
I have no particular qualms with Namecheap really, but their UI was always frustrating for me. Managing domains, DNS, renewals - every time I just felt annoyed.
I caved and moved to Hover. Maybe not the best or cheapest choice but they have good support for .se domains. At least their UI hasn't annoyed me. For some of my domains I have them on Hover but manage their DNS on Fastmail because I primarily use them for mail.
I almost care more about a good experience than perfect pricing - if anyone has suggestions, let me know :p
Never had a single problem with NameCheap over the years, which is saying a lot considering I've tried nearly every other registrar and they all failed in some capacity.
Never had a single problem with NameCheap over the years, which is saying a lot considering I've tried nearly every other registrar and they all failed in some capacity.
I've used Namecheap in the past and, unless someone else has a better suggestion, I'll move my domains back to them. Interestingly tildes.net itself seems to be registered with Namecheap.
I've used Namecheap in the past and, unless someone else has a better suggestion, I'll move my domains back to them.
I have had a really good experience with Cloudflare. You have to use their name servers, but they are good name servers, so that isn’t the worst. More importantly, they pass the registration fees...
I have had a really good experience with Cloudflare. You have to use their name servers, but they are good name servers, so that isn’t the worst. More importantly, they pass the registration fees onto you without markup, so it will always match the best price possible (excluding loss leaders). And they have free Whois privacy.
I switched to namesilo the last time my domains were up for renewal and I've been happy with them so far. IIRC they had free whois privacy and the first year was also free for transferred domains....
I switched to namesilo the last time my domains were up for renewal and I've been happy with them so far. IIRC they had free whois privacy and the first year was also free for transferred domains. I have no clue if that's typical or not, though.
Huh. I use Google Domain's Dynamic DNS functionality via ddclient as I host my server at home. I don't think ddclient supports Squarespace, so this should be a fun migration for me.
Huh.
I use Google Domain's Dynamic DNS functionality via ddclient as I host my server at home. I don't think ddclient supports Squarespace, so this should be a fun migration for me.
Yes me too, and I'm remote for a few months so if something happens I'll be screwed. I did NOT see this coming at all. I figured Google Domains would be like the most rock solid offering ever
Yes me too, and I'm remote for a few months so if something happens I'll be screwed. I did NOT see this coming at all. I figured Google Domains would be like the most rock solid offering ever
Yeah, I thought this would be one of the few projects Google didn't effectively kill off, silly me... I'm not a big fan of Google itself, but Google Domains had good prices, a decent UI, and I...
Yeah, I thought this would be one of the few projects Google didn't effectively kill off, silly me... I'm not a big fan of Google itself, but Google Domains had good prices, a decent UI, and I thought it wouldn't go anywhere for a long time. This is probably my fault because I just transferred most of my domains there a few months ago.
I don’t know why I keep using Google products. I have half of my domains with Namecheap and the other half mainly my emails on Google domains cause I don’t like having everything in a single...
I don’t know why I keep using Google products. I have half of my domains with Namecheap and the other half mainly my emails on Google domains cause I don’t like having everything in a single place. At least Google didn’t killed it like they usually do. And I don’t know enough about Squarespace to know if this is bad or not…
I used to have a fair few domains on Google but have moved all of them other than my Workspaces primary domain to PorkBun, NameCheap or CloudFlare. I’ll see if there’s any offers or anything of...
I used to have a fair few domains on Google but have moved all of them other than my Workspaces primary domain to PorkBun, NameCheap or CloudFlare. I’ll see if there’s any offers or anything of value that falls out of this for impacted customers, otherwise I’ll probably just move the domain to one of the three registrars I mentioned earlier…with PorkBun being most likely.
I have nothing against SquareSpace, but I adopted the other three due to lower prices than Google while still getting the features I need. If square space are providing the same pricing as Google initially, that’ll make them more expensive. I had left my main domain with Google as I didn’t want to rock the boat for the account I was aligning with Workspace, but seems there’s less reason not to relocate that moving forward.
Bit of a shame to see the consolidation as I do like the Google domains product, especially alongside Workspace. That said, I don’t feel like it’ll impact me all that much.
Is there a particular reason why people are so scared of squarespace? Seems fine? Probably less bedrock-ish than Google, but like I use namecheap, and they're fine, a priori it's not like I'd have a particular preference between them and squarespace as brands.
People probably dislike Squarespace because they're popular and advertise a lot.
Given no one has explained, I'm starting to think this is it. That, or just general distaste with Squarespace as a whole after working with it in the past.
My own gripe is from an internship where the owner had two companies with two sites, one on Squarespace and one on Wordpress. I don't know why, but for some reason the Squarespace site had limited formatting options and didn't allow italic text. It used images for stylistic italicized paragraphs until we migrated it to WP. I have no experience with it domain-side, but that interface was enough to turn me away from Squarespace as a whole.
That’s more of a theme and content issue and I’ve seen that sort of thing all over Wordpress websites from agencies. It’s a symptom of someone doing something quick.
Squarespace is totally fine. So is Wordpress. One isn’t better than the other. One is open-source and the other requires less maintenance.
Yeah, I have 2 years left with my domain with Google so I'll see how it goes. It's just for homelab use so I don't even need to keep the same domain name.
There's zero reason you can't keep the same domain name and just transfer it to the registrar of your choice.
For sure, it's just I don't need to, I was already thinking about changing as .info was going to double in price after the 2 years I have left.
I just dislike corporate expansion in general.
But Squarespace are smaller than Google, by a very long way. Anything you can say about Squarespace as a general criticism of corporations and their largeness is also true - almost certainly more so - for Google.
Absolutely, I don't disagree.
Yeah. I think we've all been burned one too many times to feel optimistic about this kind of thing. You know companies like Squarespace don't just acquire something like Google Domains—probably at a premium—because they don't want to make money...
This is what I was thinking. There seems to be fear from users in the comments, but nobody is actually saying why.
Squarespace is a premium brand, or wants to be. People are planning on a significant price bump at renewal.
Also, I think people who are Google shops are also just wtfing.
namecheap gang <fistbump>
Google Support article & Squarespace FAQ
I knew it was a risk registering domains with Google, but somehow still didn't expect this. Plus with Gandi being purchased recently, not sure where I'll end up.
NameCheap still seems reputable as far as I know, but I'd personally vouch for porkbun.
Only thing I'd say against NameCheap is that setting up LetsEncrypt DNS-01 with a separate host wasn't as easy as I expected.
I'm not super happy with NameCheap's API in general, so all of my NS records just point over to AWS Route53, which makes all the LetsEncrypt DNS-01 challenges a lot easier.
I've put it on hold for now, I don't have the motivation lol
I recently starting using Porkbun and the experience has been positive. They're technically a local business for me too so that's cool.
Had been meaning to transfer my Google domains to them already, guess that schedule should be accelerated…
I personally vouch for porkbun too. Extremely competitive prices, easy to use interface. I've got maybe 6-8 domains with them and have never had an issue. Been with them for years at this point and most of my domains are still under $10 each. All domains that support WHOIS privacy get it for free, afaik, I know mine did. Also very easy to use with SSL/LetsEncrypt
+1 for porkbun. They seem to just work - don't upsell domains (as far as I can tell), and their UI is pretty straightforward and easy to to use in comparison to other domain registrars.
I've only heard good things about porkbun, and I migrated to them from gandi
This was the first I had heard of Gandi being bought.
I wonder if that's why I got an email from them two days ago telling me they were ending the complementary email service.
The email from Gandi.net
Dear customer,For the past 20 years we have been dedicated to providing you with the best tools for managing your online presence. Our platform and offer have greatly evolved through continuous improvements and new features, without additional cost.
What hasn't changed over the last 20 years is our commitment to serving you, and we will continue doing that every day. As of this year, we will take another step forward by further improving the security of the platform to the highest standards, making it easier to manage your domain, and by introducing phone support to accompany you in the various stages of your online presence.
We remain committed to offering you the largest portfolio of TLDs, customized TLD-suggestions and best-in-class anycast-level primary DNS servers (https://www.dnsperf.com/). In addition, we will step up our effort to unburden you by introducing new managed features such as:
We also need to inform you of the end of the GandiMail service included with your domain (please note that the GandiMail service will end on November 30th, 2023). You can seamlessly convert to our new Mailbox service. In addition, we will introduce updates to our pricing policy effective July 13th 2023 for all our existing services and the new Mailbox service (EUR USD TWD ).
Please visit our FAQ for more details regarding the management of your current mailboxes and how to convert them to the new and improved e-mail product.
Most of the questions are answered on our FAQ, However, if you still need our support, you can contact us at this address : supportnewmb-en@support.gandi.net
Thank you for your continued confidence and trust in Gandi.net.
I think this is a rather bold claim. Where is this quote from?
They've been using Cloudflare DNS / Nameservers since end of September. I still have WHOIS privacy on all my domains with no sign of it going anywhere.
I'm also not rabidly anti-Cloudflare either so I don't always buy into the FUD around them.
Yeah... I've registered several domains through Cloudflare and they all came with WHOIS privacy enabled by default. Not sure I entirely understand the concern here.
Have you tried Namecheap? I've been with them for years and gotten free privacy protection the entire time.
Oh that sucks, but I totally get it. My main email is tied to a 20+ year old domain that isn't uncommon, but is a mouthful to say out loud/give to people over the phone, but I've resisted getting a new one for years since it's so interconnected with my online identity.
Augmented reality game? I had to google that one.
Edit: turns out I can't even copy from Google correctly; all of the results show alternate reality game, not augmented. My bad!
Very cool, thanks! Going to have to check this out.
I think he meant Alternate Reality Game
I've considered moving to Cloudflare, but they don't have support for the TLD for the domain I have on Google Domains yet.
From what I've heard, it's good enough both price and functionality wise, and I use it for DNS anyway.
I guess I'm not surprised considering this is Google we're talking about, but I am disappointed. Their interface for managing all my domains was just super clean and easy to use. I don't have any experience with squarespace, so it may be time to start looking around for where to transfer to.
i hope they don’t change pricing too much. google domains is one of the cheapest ones in my country
Well, I guess I should take this opportunity to transfer to a different provider. Any suggestions to good alternatives?
Porkbun. I used to be a major supporter of Namecheap, but their support went drastically downhill over the years, to the point where when my account had a security incident and domains were fraudulently purchased under my account, I had to wait days and DM them on Twitter even to log into my account to manage my existing domains - let alone clean up the issues from the breach. The breach was my fault, but how they handled it - locking me out of my account and refusing to communicate with me about a security incident that I reported to them - was totally on them.
Me too! Namecheap fir a decade till they went to dogshit, then Porkbun for the last 5. No complaints.
I had almost the same experience and progression. Namecheap until bad support experience -> Porkbun -> now I use CloudFlare for some domains because the DNS is there.
Does anyone have a suggestion for
.stdomains? I have been using Gandi and the price has crept up year after year.I have no particular qualms with Namecheap really, but their UI was always frustrating for me. Managing domains, DNS, renewals - every time I just felt annoyed.
I caved and moved to Hover. Maybe not the best or cheapest choice but they have good support for .se domains. At least their UI hasn't annoyed me. For some of my domains I have them on Hover but manage their DNS on Fastmail because I primarily use them for mail.
I almost care more about a good experience than perfect pricing - if anyone has suggestions, let me know :p
Never had a single problem with NameCheap over the years, which is saying a lot considering I've tried nearly every other registrar and they all failed in some capacity.
I've used Namecheap in the past and, unless someone else has a better suggestion, I'll move my domains back to them.
Interestingly tildes.net itself seems to be registered with Namecheap.
If you’re wary of cloudflare (my registrar of choice), I’ve always liked internet.bs - the closest you’ll get to offshore for a .com.
I have had a really good experience with Cloudflare. You have to use their name servers, but they are good name servers, so that isn’t the worst. More importantly, they pass the registration fees onto you without markup, so it will always match the best price possible (excluding loss leaders). And they have free Whois privacy.
I switched to namesilo the last time my domains were up for renewal and I've been happy with them so far. IIRC they had free whois privacy and the first year was also free for transferred domains. I have no clue if that's typical or not, though.
Ah fuck.
Is domain verification through Google still going to be seamless? It was so convenient.
Huh.
I use Google Domain's Dynamic DNS functionality via
ddclientas I host my server at home. I don't thinkddclientsupports Squarespace, so this should be a fun migration for me.Yes me too, and I'm remote for a few months so if something happens I'll be screwed. I did NOT see this coming at all. I figured Google Domains would be like the most rock solid offering ever
I shot an email off to Google, I'll let you know if I get more information
Yeah, I thought this would be one of the few projects Google didn't effectively kill off, silly me... I'm not a big fan of Google itself, but Google Domains had good prices, a decent UI, and I thought it wouldn't go anywhere for a long time. This is probably my fault because I just transferred most of my domains there a few months ago.
Dam, I didn't even think of that.
I've been using ddclient with Porkbun and having no issues. It does a good job with Cloudflare too.
Glad to hear that! Cloudflare might be the best option for me, might have to borrow your sanitized config once I'm ready to migrate
I just bought a domain through Google for personal use. I'm worried that cost is gonna skyrocket now.
I don’t know why I keep using Google products. I have half of my domains with Namecheap and the other half mainly my emails on Google domains cause I don’t like having everything in a single place. At least Google didn’t killed it like they usually do. And I don’t know enough about Squarespace to know if this is bad or not…
I used to have a fair few domains on Google but have moved all of them other than my Workspaces primary domain to PorkBun, NameCheap or CloudFlare. I’ll see if there’s any offers or anything of value that falls out of this for impacted customers, otherwise I’ll probably just move the domain to one of the three registrars I mentioned earlier…with PorkBun being most likely.
I have nothing against SquareSpace, but I adopted the other three due to lower prices than Google while still getting the features I need. If square space are providing the same pricing as Google initially, that’ll make them more expensive. I had left my main domain with Google as I didn’t want to rock the boat for the account I was aligning with Workspace, but seems there’s less reason not to relocate that moving forward.
Bit of a shame to see the consolidation as I do like the Google domains product, especially alongside Workspace. That said, I don’t feel like it’ll impact me all that much.
Surprised it's not the other way around.